We use Microsoft Planner as a project management tool to manage projects across multiple teams within our organization. It's used for tracking purposes, assigning to different owners and communicating on the status of each project. It is used across the entire organization and all departments. It's used as the primary form of communication for project.
Pros
Creating tasks
Having different boards for different teams/purposes
Email reminders about due dates
Cons
Basic version doesn't allow assigning someone to specific subtasks
Can't see tasks assigned to someone on your team across multiple boards
People have to comment to opt in for notifications for a particular task
You can't @ someone in the comments or the notes to bring it to their attention
You can't edit a comment once it's submitted
You can't pin a comment to make it important & ensure everyone sees it
You can't click through on links in the comments (doesn't automatically hyperlink)
Likelihood to Recommend
I think the basic free version of Microsoft Planner is well suited for managing your own individual list of basic tasks. However, if you're trying to work across teams and collaborate on large scale projects with multiple parts, in my experience, it becomes very clunky to work with. If you have a large project that needs subtasks, you're only able to assign multiple people to the general task, not each subtask. So, there's a lot of confusion on who owns what part, and what subtask part is done because all the comments just goes in the general task. I would recommend upgrading to the paid version.
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Director in Marketing (Retail company, 11-50 employees)
